2015 SupportMusic Merit award Schools

Congratulations to the 120 Schools that received the SupportMusic Merit Award as part of The Best Communities for Music Education program.

SCHOOL NAME

CITY

STATE

Academy of Music at Hamilton High School

Los Angeles

CA

Alcoa High School

Alcoa

TN

Allen East High School

Harrod

OH

Allendale High School

Allendale

MI

Aragon High School

San Mateo

CA

Arizona School for the Arts

Phoenix

AZ

Athens Middle School

Athens

OH

Avon Elementary School

Avon

NJ

Ball High School

Galveston

TX

Barbara Ingram School for the Arts

Hagerstown

MD

Berkley Elementary

Auburndale

FL

Biloxi High School

Biloxi

MS

Cathedral City High School

Cathedral City

CA

Cedarburg High School

Cedarburg

WI

Centennial High School

Compton

CA

Central High School District of Westosha

Salem

WI

Cerritos High School

Cerritos

CA

Chaparral Middle School

Diamond Bar

CA

Charles R. Darwin Elementary School

Chicago

IL

Chaska Middle School West

Chaska

MN

Cibola High School

Albuquerque

NM

Cockrill Middle School

McKinney

TX

Crown Point Junior Music Academy

San Diego

CA

Cuthbertson High School

Waxhaw

NC

DeRuyter Central School

DeRuyter

NY

DuBois Area Middle School

DuBois

PA

East Allgheny High School

North Versailles

PA

East Hanover Middle School

East Hanover

NJ

East Hanover Township Central School

East Hanover

NJ

East LA Performing Arts Magnet at Torres

Los Angeles

CA

East Richland Middle School

Olney

IL

Eastside Elementary School

Douglasville

GA

Everett High School

Everett

MA

First Avenue Middle School

Arcadia

CA

Flathead High School

Kalispell

MT

Floral Park Memorial High School

Floral Park

NY

Forest Middle School

Forest

VA

Frank D. Moates Elementary School

Glenn Heights

TX

Frankford Friends School

Philadelphia

PA

Frederick Douglass Academy

New York

NY

Gateway Preparatory Academy

Enoch

UT

George Junior High School

Springdale

AR

Georgetown High School Band

Georgetown

TX

Gold Trail School

Placerville

CA

Grants High School

Grants

NM

Great Salt Bay Community School

Damariscotta

ME

Greenfield Central High School

Greenfield

IN

Havre de Grace High School

Havre de Grace

MD

Helen Tyson Middle School

Springdale

AR

Heritage Christian School

Indianapolis

IN

Hershey Middle School

Hershey

PA

Hershey Public School

Hershey

NE

Heyworth Elementary School

Heyworth

IL

Hickory Creek Elementary School

St. Johns

FL

Horace Mann Middle School

Wausau

WI

Ilwaco High School

Ilwaco

WA

J.O. Kelly Middle School

Springdale

AR

Jamestown High School

Jamestown

ND

Jefferson Davis High School

Houston

TX

Kinry Road Elementary School

Poughkeepsie

NY

La Cueva High School

Albuquerque

NM

La Jolla Conservatory of Music

San Diego

CA

La Mesa Middle School

La Mesa

CA

Lakeside Middle School

Lakeside

CA

Laurel Highlands High School

Uniontown

PA

Logan Middle School

North Versailles

PA

Los Gatos High School

Los Gatos

CA

Lourdes High School

Rochester

MN

Loyola Academy

Wilmette

IL

Mary Lyon Elementary School

Chicago

IL

Medford Memorial Middle School

Medford

NJ

Memorial High School

San Antonio

TX

Menands School

Albany

NY

Midway Elementary School of the Arts

Sanford

FL

Monclova Christian Academy

Monclova

OH

Muleshoe High School

Muleshoe

TX

Nederland Middle Senior High School

Nederland

CO

Nenana City Publc School

Nenana

AK

Nicolas Jr. High School

Fullerton

CA

North Hills High School

Pittsburgh

Pa

Northern Adirondack CDS

Ellenburg Depot

NY

Parker Elementary School

Houston

TX

Pitman High School

PItman

NJ

Plano High School

Plano

IL

Propel East Schools

Turtle Creek

PA

Randolph Elementary School

Crozier

VA

Reagan Academy

Springville

UT

Richland Center High School

Richland Center

WI

Rosa International Middle School

Cherry Hill

NJ

Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School

Nicholasville

KY

S. H. Rider High School

Wichita Falls

TX

Saint Albert the Great School

Dayton

OH

San Diego Performance Academy

Santee

CA

San Marcos High School

San Marcos

TX

Severn River Middle School

Arnold

MD

Shades Valley High School

Birmingham

AL

Shaw Visual and Performing Arts Elementary School

St. Louis

MO

Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet School

Baton Rouge

LA

Smith River Elementary School

Smith River

CA

Southside High School

Fort Smith

AR

Southwestern Elementary School

Shelbyville

IN

Springs Valley Jr./Sr. High School

French Lick

IN

St. Louis Catholic School

Indianapolis

IN

Stephen Collins Foster Elementary School

Dallas

TX

Tappan Middle School

Ann Arbor

MI

The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School

Franklin

MA

Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School

Washington

DC

Tri-Valley

Healy

AK

Troy Christian Schools

Troy

OH

Vandegrift High School

Austin

TX

Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School

Verona

NY

Villa Park High School

Villa Park

CA

Walton-Verona High School

Walton

KY

Waukesha North High School

Waukesha

WI

West Forsyth High School

Clemmons

NC

Windsor High School

Windsor

CT

Winfield Scott School No. 2

Elizabeth

NJ

Woodhull School

Ocean Beach

NY

Yorktown High School

Arlington

VA

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Community Spotlight

It’s because of the Best Communities for Music Education designation that our music programs have been able to withstand dramatic school aid cuts. After we received this designation in 2006, Senator Owen Johnson awarded the district a $70,000 grant for the purchase of new music textbooks and development programs for our music teachers and staff.

- Kim Lowenborg-Coyne, Ph.D, Director of Music and Arts of North Babylon Union Free School District in New York

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Children who study music tend to have larger vocabularies and more advanced reading skills than their peers who do not participate in music lessons.

"Statistical benefits of music in education." Arete Music Academy. Accessed July 17, 2014.

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